Skirt attachment.



Patented Nov. ll, I902.

I No. 713,286.

G. H. L. CLARK. SKIR T ATTAGHM ENT.

(Application filed June 24, 1902.)

(No Model.)

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE H. L. CLARK, OF PITTSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA.

SKIRT ATTACHMENT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 713,286, dated November11, 1902. Application filed June 24, 1902. Serial No, 112,947. (Nomodel.)

T0 at whom it nuty concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE H. L. CLARK, of Pittsburg, in the county ofAllegheny and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and usefulSkirt Attachment, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, formingpart of this specification, in Which Figure l is arear perspective viewshowing a skirt provided with my improved attachment with the parts inopen position. Fig. 2 is a front perspective View of the same in closedposition, and Figs. 3 and at are detail perspective views showingdifferent forms of the attachment. 1

My invention relates to the closing and holding of the waistbands ofskirts, and is designed to provide a simple, neat, and cheap attachmentwhich can be cheaply made and will not be unsightly.

In the drawings I show in Fig. 3 one form of the attachment proper,which consists of a strip of sheet metal having a central portion 2,with reversely-bent portions 3 3, terminating in reversely-bent flaps44:. At the inner ends of the flaps are holes 5, through which the tapesor cords 6 extend. of these cords are fastened to the waistband atopposite points 7 7, the waistband being preferably stiffened byWhalebone inserts where the tapes are connected. The inner ends of thetapes are connected to the rear ends of a belt 8, whichis cut into twopieces. Each portion of this belt extends through a slot 9 in the rearpart of the waistband, the belt portions thence extending around to thefront, where they are provided with the usual buckle or securing device10.

In applying the device the attachment proper is secured to the rear ofthe'waistband, the flaps 4c 4 being sewed or otherwise secured to theband, with the central portion 2 on the outside and preferablycontaining and secured to a plait 11, extending down the skirt. In usingthe attachment the belt portions being released the skirt may be pulledopen at the top a sufiicient distance, depending on the length of thetapes, to allow The outer ends the skirt to be slipped on over theshoulders of the wearer. When lowered into position, the wearer pullsupon the two belt portions, thereby drawing the rear portions of thewaistband from both sides into the space between the reverse folds ofthe attachment. The band is thus drawn to the proper diameter, and thebelt may then be buckled or secured in the usual way.

Thelength of the central portion 2 may be Varied as desired, and I haveshown in Fig.

'4 a form wherein it is much narrower, the flaps 4:and reverse foldsbeing substantially the same as before. It will be noted that in eachform the reverse folds give side recesses or pockets, which receive thewaistband portions at the points where the tapes are attached.

Many variations may be made in the form and arrangement of theattachments, the belt,

sides of the center at the rear and extending to the inside of the handthrough a rear attachment, said cords having extensions passing to thefront of the band and extending out through holes in said band;substantially as described.

4:. A skirt-band having a two-part belt extending through slots in theband, and secured to cords which cross each other and extend through arear attachment, the ends of the cord being secured to the rear of thewaistband on opposite sides of the center; substantially as described.

5. A waistband having a rear attachment with pockets or recesses, andcrossed cords or tapes having their ends secured to the waistband, andarranged to draw through the attachment into the recesses; substantiallyas described.

6. A Waistband having a rear attachment, 5 consisting of a plate withinwardly-extending reversely-bent end portions having perforations, andcrossing cords extending through the perforations with their outer endssecured to the waistband, the inner ends of the cords being secured tothe rear ends of a two-part 1o belt extending through the band;substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand.

GEORGE H. L. CLARK. Witnesses:

GEO. B. BLEMING, JOHN MILLER.

